Why We Broke Up Chapter 4 Summary

  • Time to dig in to the breakup box. First up: two bottle caps for bitter ale that Min and Ed drank at Al's Bitter Sixteen party.
  • Flashback to the party. Min arrived early to give Al a birthday present. It's a necktie that's exactly like the one someone wore in a foreign film (Al's favorite); presumably, Ed hasn't seen it.
  • Min tries to help Al with the tie and makes a weird comment about how the ladies are going to love it. She smoothes his hair and he offers her a cardigan. They're best friends, but they act like an old married couple.
  • Time to party. Min is looking for love… for Al. Instead, though, she finds Ed, who looks like a Greek god.
  • Ed is walking through the party in slow motion. Everyone's high-fiving him and admiring his muscles, and Min follows him from room to room, mesmerized.
  • Ed and Min are in the yard watching his friend (who's drunk) puke in the bushes. It's super romantic.
  • No, really, it is. They drink the aforementioned bitter ale and flirt.
  • As they part, Ed asks Min for her number. Her friends freak out. Al seems disturbed. Wonder why?
  • Min tries to act nonchalant as she helps her friends clean up, but her heart is racing. She keeps the bottle caps, not yet knowing they're destined for the breakup box.